William Turton, Author at Gizmodo

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Tech News William Turton May 5

Bad Star Wars Tweets, Ranked

Here are some tweets, ranked bad to most bad: Please send any thoughts or feedback to [email protected].

Tech News William Turton May 4

A Closer Look at Donald Trump’s Magic Coke Delivery Button

It’s been 99 days since reality TV star Donald Trump was sworn in as president, and he’s really shaken things up in Washington. So far, with Republican control of Congress, he’s repealed Obamaca—ah, shit, never mind. Well, he did pass that comprehensive tax reform he promised. Oh, wait, I guess he didn’t do that either.…

Tech News William Turton Apr 28

Chris Sacca, Shark Tank‘s Singing Cowboy, Retires From Tech Investing

Chris Sacca, the amateur Hank Williams Jr. impersonator best known for his early investments in Twitter and Uber, published 1,700 words on Wednesday to say what he could have said in just one tweet: he’s retiring. “It’s hard to leave all this behind right when things are going so well. I’m good at what I…

Tech News William Turton Apr 26

Never Forget When Mark Zuckerberg Tried to Bury the Fake News Scandal

The New York Times Magazine has an interesting story out today about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, fake news, and Facebook’s role as the world’s most prominent information distributor. It’s all part of Facebook’s ongoing public relations freak out surrounding the prevalence of fake news and hoaxes spread on the platform. The company is trying to…

Social Media William Turton Apr 25

Leaked Document Details Apple Employee Injuries, Hints At Secretive New Products

An incident report compiled by an Environment Health and Safety contractor working for Apple mistakenly sent to hundreds of Apple employees and leaked to Gizmodo includes tantalizing clues about some of the new products the notoriously secretive tech company may be cooking up. The report includes over 70 different incidents. The report, sent out on…

Tech News William Turton Apr 20

Jesus Christ Makes Rare Public Appearance

Holy fucking shit. Mark Zuckerberg himself, the creator of Facebook and the fifth richest man in the world, just descended down to Earth to walk among us plebeians at the Facebook Developer Conference in San Jose. I was one of the mere mortals lucky enough to witness the power and strength of His Holiness as…

Social Media William Turton Apr 18

Facebook’s New VR Experience Looks Like Hell on Earth

At its annual developer conference in San Jose today, Facebook unveiled some of its latest tech projects, assuring investors that it’s catching up to competitors like Snapchat. Mark Zuckerberg himself took the stage to make painful jokes about Fast and Furious and opine on how Facebook wants to dominate what he sees as the next…

Social Media William Turton Apr 18

United Loses $800 Million in Value After Passenger Dragged Off Plane

United’s market capitalization, essentially the current value of the company, has fallen by more than $750 million from $22.5 billion after a video showing a bloodied United passenger who was dragged off a flight made headlines on Monday. At the time of publication, United’s market cap has slid to $21.70 billion. United’s CEO Oscar Munoz…

Tech News William Turton Apr 11

‘Just Kill Me’: Horrifying New Video Shows United Passenger Drooling Blood

A disturbing new video has emerged showing the bloody outcome after a United passenger was savagely dragged off his overbooked flight after refusing to give up his seat to a United employee on stand-by. https://gizmodo.com/hired-goon-drags-man-off-united-flight-after-he-refuses-1794168868 The video shows the man gripping the curtain at the back of the plane, repeating “I have to go home,”…

Tech News William Turton Apr 10

Read the Surprisingly Mushy Love Texts Alabama’s Disgraced Governor Sent a Former Staffer

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, 74, is expected to resign this week following the release of a 3,000-page impeachment probe report that includes a series of truly cringe-worthy love messages the governor sent Rebekah Caldwell Mason, his former senior political advisor. In 2015, Bentley’s wife left him and filed for divorce after 50 years of marriage…

Tech News William Turton Apr 10

Hired Goon Drags Man Off United Flight After He Refuses to Give Up Seat [Updated]

On Sunday, a man was forcibly dragged off a United flight headed from Chicago to Louisville after he refused to give up his seat to a United employee who “needed to be in Louisville” for a flight the following day, The Courier-Journal reports. https://gizmodo.com/just-kill-me-horrifying-new-video-shows-united-passeng-1794181325 Passenger Audra Bridges, who uploaded a video of the incident to…

Tech News William Turton Apr 10

Trump Administration Backs Down From Order to Unmask ‘Rogue’ Twitter Critic

The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has now withdrawn its outrageous and unconstitutional order demanding Twitter give up user data related to an account frequently critical of the Trump administration. https://gizmodo.com/twitter-sues-trump-administration-over-order-to-unmask-1794088714 On Thursday, Twitter filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, the CBP, and others, arguing that the CPB’s demand to…

Tech News William Turton Apr 7

Twitter Sues Trump Administration Over Order to Unmask ‘Rogue’ Agency Account

Twitter just filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and US Customs and Border Protection over an attempt by those agencies to unmask an anonymous Twitter account, @ALT_uscis, that is frequently critical of United States immigration policy. From Twitter’s lawsuit: Specifically, on March 14, 2017, they issued and delivered to Twitter an administrative…

Tech News William Turton Apr 6

These Cheetah Babies Are Trying to Chirp [Updated]

A lot of the stuff you’ll see online right now is pretty depressing, possibly concerning how the world is falling apart or like how we could randomly go to war at any second. But you know what isn’t depressing? This video of cheetah cubs doing their very best to let out some little roars. The…

Tech News William Turton Apr 6

Verizon to Turn AOL and Yahoo Into Some Kind of Weird Cult or Something

Folks, the moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally official: Verizon is going to combine Yahoo (huh?) and AOL (what?) into one useless conglomerate called “Oath.” Holy shit! Oath? What a wacky name. A tweet this afternoon from the AOL CEO Tim Armstrong appeared to confirm earlier rumblings that the dusty internet companies will…

Tech News William Turton Apr 3

Twitter Addresses Nazi Egg Problem by Making Nazis Look Like Something Else

On Friday, Twitter unveiled a new default profile pic for users, swapping out the site’s ubiquitous egg avatars for a human-like blob. According to the company, the move was made to encourage “people to express themselves” after noticing “an association between the default egg profile photo and negative behavior.” To recap, here’s what Twitter has…

Tech News William Turton Mar 31

Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Out at Facebook

Where in the world is Palmer Luckey? Well, he’s not at Facebook. https://gizmodo.com/is-facebook-disappearing-oculus-founder-palmer-luckey-1787705084 In 2014, Palmer Luckey, the 24-year-old whiz kid who was one of VR’s most prominent evangelists sold his company, Oculus, to Facebook for a cool $2 billion. He has (almost) totally disappeared since The Daily Beast revealed last year he was collaborating…

Tech News William Turton Mar 30

Twitter Just Ruined Twitter

Twitter was already really bad, but the brain trust over on Market Street just figured out how to make it worse. In the olden days (yesterday), when you included someone’s username in your tweet, it deducted from your 140 character limit. Now, for some inexplicable reason, it doesn’t. Which means you can tag a seemingly…

Tech News William Turton Mar 30

One Engineer Is Trying to Get IBM to Reckon With Trump

Daniel Hanley, a cybersecurity engineer at IBM, doesn’t want to be the center of attention. When I asked to take his picture outside one of IBM’s New York City offices, he told me that he wasn’t really into the whole “organizer profile thing.” Dressed in jeans and a light jacket, and sporting a backpack with…

Tech News William Turton Mar 28

William Turton

Goodnight, Sweet Pup

Bad Star Wars Tweets, Ranked

A Closer Look at Donald Trump’s Magic Coke Delivery Button

Chris Sacca, Shark Tank‘s Singing Cowboy, Retires From Tech Investing

Never Forget When Mark Zuckerberg Tried to Bury the Fake News Scandal

Leaked Document Details Apple Employee Injuries, Hints At Secretive New Products

Jesus Christ Makes Rare Public Appearance

Facebook’s New VR Experience Looks Like Hell on Earth

United Loses $800 Million in Value After Passenger Dragged Off Plane

‘Just Kill Me’: Horrifying New Video Shows United Passenger Drooling Blood

Read the Surprisingly Mushy Love Texts Alabama’s Disgraced Governor Sent a Former Staffer

Hired Goon Drags Man Off United Flight After He Refuses to Give Up Seat [Updated]

Trump Administration Backs Down From Order to Unmask ‘Rogue’ Twitter Critic

Twitter Sues Trump Administration Over Order to Unmask ‘Rogue’ Agency Account

These Cheetah Babies Are Trying to Chirp [Updated]

Verizon to Turn AOL and Yahoo Into Some Kind of Weird Cult or Something

Twitter Addresses Nazi Egg Problem by Making Nazis Look Like Something Else

Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Out at Facebook

Twitter Just Ruined Twitter

One Engineer Is Trying to Get IBM to Reckon With Trump

Artemis 2 Day 6: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

Anonymous Sources Detail Sam Altman’s Alleged Untrustworthiness in New Report

Steven Spielberg Still Wants to Make a Horror Film ‘Someday’

Waymo Has Stopped Testing Its Robotaxis in New York City and No One Knows What Happens Next

Samsung Pushes Monitor Deals Further, the 34″ ViewFinity Hits a Record Low at Nearly 40% Off

The Best Anti-Meta Smart Glasses Are About to Have Tough Competition

The Artemis 2 Mission Is Leaning in on the ‘Project Hail Mary’ Love

Here’s How Many Americans Have Ever Thought About Shooting Someone Else

As Meta Flounders, It Reportedly Plans to Open Source Its New AI Models

Insignia 65-Inch 4K UHD Smart Fire TV Matches Black Friday Pricing at Nearly 40% Off, Big Screen at Portable Monitor Prices

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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